Tag: Wigan Athletic
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On this Day (5th June): Football League Latics, and Schoolboy Scholes
Embed from Getty Images On this day 1978, Wigan Athletic held their very first meeting as an associate member of the Football League at their previous ground, Springfield Park. Chariman Arthur Horrocks and manager Ian McNeil met with the clubs directors and board members to discuss their Football League debut. It took Wigan just 29…
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Everton face fight with Fire for Scottish winger
Everton face a battle with Chicago Fire for the signature of Shaun Maloney of Wigan Athletic, according to Daily Mail. Toffees boss Roberto Martinez is keen to spend £500,000 on the Scottish winger, with whom he worked closely with during his time as manager of Wigan Athletic. Maloney, 31, has been in good form of…
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Villa poised to push through late deal for Cleverley
Aston Villa are on the verge of signing Manchester United and England midfielder Tom Cleverley on a season-long loan deal. Manager Paul Lambert is awaiting the decision from the Premier League board as to whether the transfer can be completed, as the deal went past the 11pm deadline last night, after Villa made a…
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Everton chase ex-Liverpool winger
Everton hope to lure Chelsea winger Victor Moses back to Merseyside, Football Express News understands. A source close to Goodison Park told FEN the Toffees favour a permanent deal rather than a loan switch and are confident of landing the Nigeria international. Moses spent last season on loan at Liverpool but failed to secure a…
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Sunderland sign Chelsea left-back
Sunderland have signed Chelsea left-back Patrick van Aanholt on a four-year deal reported to be in the region of £1.5m. The 23-year-old put pen to paper this afternoon at the Stadium of Light with new coach Gus Poyet and Sunderland made their latest summer acquisition official via their website and social media platform Twitter.…
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Mancini gaffe: Man City are London club
Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has launched a new website – which describes the Blues as a London club. The Italian, who departed under a cloud 14 months ago following a series of high-profile bust-ups on the training ground and in the dressing room, also completely glosses over his explosive exit from the Etihad…
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Newcastle close in on former Arsenal target
Feyenoord centre-back Daryl Janmaat is set to be the fifth new player to join Alan Pardew at Newcastle and the Dutchman is due to undertake his medical in Tyneside within the next 24 hours. Newcastle are believed to be on the verge of confirming a deal with Dutch Erdivisie side Feyenoord, with a fee in…
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Sunderland sign Spanish midfielder Gomez
Sunderland have completed the signing of Wigan Athletic midfielder Jordi Gomez. The 29-year-old Spanish midfielder recently won Wigan’s Player of the Season award after a superb season which saw him help Uwe Rosler’s side win the FA Cup and narrowly miss out on promotion to the Premier League. Those consistent performances had gained interest from…
